The summer season new regular alongside the Cape is right here for the season.
Beaches had been closed to swimming on Wednesday as a number of nice white sharks had been noticed near shore.
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app was blowing up with shark alerts alongside the Outer Cape.
“!! SHARK ALERT !! White shark sighting Longnook beach (Truro), swimming closed:11:15 am to 12:15 pm,” tweeted the account MA Sharks, which is run by shark skilled John Chisholm.
“Lots of activity today so get the @sharktivity app to stay up to date. #SharkSmart,” added Chisholm, who confirms sharks sightings for the Sharktivity app.
A white shark sighting at Head of the Meadow and Coast Guard Beach in Truro shut down swimming there from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Shark sightings had been additionally reported close to Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet.
“!! SHARK ALERT !! White shark north of Newcomb Hollow,” Chisholm tweeted. “If you haven’t downloaded the @sharktivity app but, now can be time.
“The science team is on the water today so the app will keep you apprised of further sightings & alerts,” he added. “You can also submit sightings.”
Sharks on Wednesday had been additionally noticed off of Chatham’s Monomoy Island, a typical hotbed of nice white shark exercise as they hunt for seals.
One of the Sharktivity submit reads, “White shark spotted just outside the south inlet to Chatham Harbor.”
Earlier this week, swimming was banned at a Nantucket wildlife refuge following a sequence of shark sightings and predations on seals.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”